North Dakota News

ZZ Top Is Going To Rock Bluestem Amphitheater in June

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Get ready for a night of beards, hotrods, spinning guitars and that magic keychain. ZZ Top is coming to Bluestem Amphitheater and they are bringing The Wallflowers along for the ride. You can catch the bands live in concert, rain or shine, on Tuesday, June 10. General admission tickets are $52 while reserved seating ranges from…

Consul General of Canada States That Seventy-Nine Percent of Exports Go to Canada from North Dakota

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) –President Trump stated on Saturday that he would be putting down a twenty-five percent increase of tariffs including an additional ten percent on Canadian oil, natural gas, and electricity. In response, Canada had countered on Sunday with a list of U.S. goods they would be imposing 25% tariffs. The release stated, “These countermeasures are effective immediately and…

Project 2025 Protests Planned Wednesday at All 50 State Capitol Buildings

Protests against Project 2025 and President Donald Trump’s executive orders are planned for Wednesday at state Capitol buildings in all 50 states. The one day protest, also known as the 50501 Movement, are against Trump’s actions during his first few weeks back in the White House. Trump last fall denied he had anything to do with Project 2025. In North…

LIVE: Get Ready for Super Bowl Sunday with the Biggest Party Animals Around

FARGO — We’re wild with excitement about Super Bowl Sunday, which you can catch with daylong coverage starting Sunday morning and all day long right here on KVRR. So excited, in fact, we went to the Red River Zoo to find out more about the team mascots — eagles, for the Philadelphia Eagles, and the wolves, which are the Kansas…

North Dakota tribal leaders seek to restore vehicle tax exemption

Lonna Jackson-Street, chair of the Spirit Lake Nation, speaks during a summit between state and tribal leaders on June 25, 2024. She testified last week in support of a bill that seeks to restore a motor vehicle excise tax exemption for tribal citizens. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A bill in the North Dakota House seeks…

Charter school bill narrowly fails in North Dakota House; Senate considers similar bill

Rep. Eric Murphy, R-Grand Forks, speaks on the House floor before a vote to reconsider his bill on public charter schools on Feb. 3, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A bill to establish public charter schools narrowly failed in the North Dakota House, but a similar proposal is being vetted by the Senate. House lawmakers…

North Dakota House Votes To Stop Funding Prairie Public Broadcasting

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota House members have voted 61-32 to end the state’s funding of Prairie Public Broadcasting. That went against the “do not pass” recommendation from the House Political Subdivisions committee. Prairie Public received nearly $1.5 million from the state in fiscal year 2023, which is less than 10% of its revenue. Republican Rep. Vicky Steiner of…

North Dakota trade official and a Fargo truck driver who hauls imports discuss tariff threat

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — “Canada is not the problem and we’re the United States the Trump administration has picked a fight with our neighbors that wasn’t necessary,” said Vern Thompson, Thompson Transport LLC. Thompson, a Fargo truck driver, drives frequently from North Dakota through the Canadian border. Today it took him an hour and a half. “Today it was the…